Show Amateur Golfers Cut in Tourneys ys NEW YORK YOlU April 25 25 The The number number num num- ber her to qualify by medal play in the tournament for the national amateur amateur amateur ama ama- golf championship is cut ut In half under tho the new conditions of ot competition announced today by byth bythe bythe th the United States Golf association The tournament will begin August 31 at the Oakmont Country club Oakmont Pa Po Steps also have been taken to re reduce reduce reduce re- re duce the tho number of competitors Players eligible to compete for the championship are limited to those with handicaps of oC three or lass i but a handicap alone will not en entitle entitle en- en title a golfer to seek the title Each entrant must submit before August 1 a statement o of his performance in competition during the last two years Since the tournament began in 1894 the two thirty-two lowest scores In medal play beginning the tournament tournament tournament ment have survived for match play This year there will wUl be only sixteen qualifiers The charge was necessitated by reduction of ot the tho time o of the tournament tournament tour tour- from room seven Beven days to o six |